We are about midway between winter solstice and vernal equinox. The sun rises now at about six minutes before six, some twenty minutes earlier than at solstice, and sets at almost five. That's about fifty minutes more light at end of day than when winter began. Surely it's fair to feel the pull of spring, even though we haven't really had winter.

It's still the quiet time of the Vineyard year, the few months we savor before the summer to come. But in the mild, lengthening days, it's not so quiet as once it was.